Category: Issue Fourteen Fiction
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Celestial Eclipse
By Isobel Hinds-Brooks. Science tells us that an eclipse is a moment where the sun and moon are perfectly aligned. However, many years ago, during a time of superstitions and “signs”, it was seen as a bad omen. The idea of one celestial somehow blocking the other was a sign of incoming Armageddon. Thankfully, this…
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Predetermine/Redetermine
A story about AI teachers, resisting destiny, and being different
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Lavender
The story is set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan Civil War (1983-2009), a brutal conflict between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), fighting for an independent Tamil state.
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A Guest in the House of Illusion
A story of thwarted desire, set in an undefined past, at a villa on an island in the Aegean, amid a bohemian coterie dominated by Myrto, a brilliant, provocative, ageing libertine who is about to meet her downfall.
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Reaching for the stars
‘Everyone’s getting pretty antsy.
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After six o’clock.
This short story emerged from the act of trimming nails after 6 PM, a practice surrounded by Sri Lankan myth and familial wisdom.
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After the Apocalypse
It’s a cold morning, when a breath can be condensed by the chill and dark grey clouds cover the ground from sunlight.
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The Good News Call Centre.
How are you this blessed day?’